04-23-2024, 05:06 PM
I'm surprised that nobody answered this so far. I might be way late but here you are:
Your picture didn't get posted but if it's what I think it is then it works like this: The plate fastener has a button at its centre that fixes it onto the body of the mail shirt. Either end of the plate has a diagonal (or L shaped) slot that buttons on each shoulder reinforce are slid on to.
These plates exist in archaeological finds from Romania, Bulgaria, France and Italy (3rd to 1st century BC) and are also commonly shown in sculpture. The Ahenobarbus altar from Rome, for example. They are shown very clearly on the reliefs from Pergamon and on the warrior statues from Entremont and De la Cloche in France and Este-Baratella in Italy.
- Harry
Your picture didn't get posted but if it's what I think it is then it works like this: The plate fastener has a button at its centre that fixes it onto the body of the mail shirt. Either end of the plate has a diagonal (or L shaped) slot that buttons on each shoulder reinforce are slid on to.
These plates exist in archaeological finds from Romania, Bulgaria, France and Italy (3rd to 1st century BC) and are also commonly shown in sculpture. The Ahenobarbus altar from Rome, for example. They are shown very clearly on the reliefs from Pergamon and on the warrior statues from Entremont and De la Cloche in France and Este-Baratella in Italy.
- Harry
